measure
Bridgezipf 4.65Pronunciation
/ˈmɛʒə/(MEH-zhur)
Part of speech
verbneutral
Chinese
测量;衡量(确定某事物的数量或程度)
Definition
To determine the size, amount, or degree of something using a standard unit; to assess the extent of something.
Word family
- measurement/ˈmɛʒəmənt/(n)测量;尺寸
- measurable/ˈmɛʒərəbəl/(adj)可测量的
- measure/ˈmɛʒə/(n)措施;度量
Collocations
- measure performance
- measure success
- measure the impact
- hard to measure
- measure against
- key performance measure
Examples
- 1.Success should be measured not just by financial returns but by the value created for all stakeholders.
- 2.The programme has been difficult to measure precisely because its effects are spread across multiple systems.
Synonyms
- assess/əˈsɛs/— evaluate
- gauge/ɡeɪdʒ/— estimate or measure — note: already #1418 as verb
- quantify/ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ/— express as a number
Etymology
from Latin "mensurare" = to measure, from "mensura" (a measure)